Taxonomic studies on chalcid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Chalcididae) of Goa, India, with an illustrated key to genera and species Author Gawas, Sandesh M. School of Sciences (SoS), Jain University, Bangalore, India; Author Gupta, Ankita Division of Germplasm Collection and Characterisation, ICAR - National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bengaluru, India text Journal of Natural History 2024 2024-03-22 58 9 - 12 342 381 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2024.2315671 journal article 295778 10.1080/00222933.2024.2315671 54d0fd71-451f-44e8-91a9-411fad681b45 1464-5262 11059701 Antrocephalus phaeospilus Waterston, 1922 ( Figures 13, 14 ) Antrocephalus sinicorum Masi, 1932 Material examined INDIA : Goa , Tiswadi , Old Goa, 17 July 2015 , 1 female , yellow pan trap , coll . Ankita Gupta ; Sattari , Ambedem , 9 February 2019 , 1 female , yellow pan trap , coll . Sandesh Gawas ; Honda , 13 Novemebr 2015, 1 female , yellow pan trap , coll . Sandesh Gawas . Description Female, length of the body 4.8–5.4 mm. Colour. Body largely black with following reddish brown: tegulae, fore leg except for coxa, mid and hindleg entirely. Head. Triangular, slightly wider than high. Scrobe deep and striate reaching anterior ocellus. Antennae long and slender. Genotemporal furrow present. POL 5× OOL. Figure 13–18. Habitus: 13–14, Antrocephalus phaeospilus ; 15–16, Antrocephalus ryukyuensis ; 17–18, Antrocephalus validicornis . Mesosoma . Pronotum, mesoscutum and scutellum punctate with interstices narrower than puncture diameter. Interstices smooth and shiny. Scutellum weakly emarginate at apex. Metasoma. Metasoma longer than mesosoma. T1 smooth and shiny with a pair of short basal carinae which are shorter than the distance between them. Distribution INDIA . Goa (new record), Kerala , Uttar Pradesh ( Emiliyamma 2016 ; Basak et al . 2020 ).